Bangkok Bangkok

One reviewer called this place “so nice they named it twice.” Bangkok Bangkok is synonymous with good Thai food. It’s an institution in both Kendall and Coral Gables. Servers with charmingly coy smiles are efficient but never shy away from friendly chitchat, and they carve a whole fresh fried and chili-sauce-covered red snapper (a signature […]

Barley

Things have been rough since Jorgie Ramos flipped from the real-estate biz to restaurants. He has opened and closed one restaurant and been tied up in a host of legal headaches with his second. The place, now named Barley, an American Brasserie, specializes in the kind of gut-busting, beer-friendly classics Ramos has honed as his […]

Best Sub & Sandwich Shop

Is Best Sub & Sandwich Shop really the best? Considering the fact that this shoebox-size grilled-sub shack has been operating in the same location â?? on a quiet, hidden avenue that snakes along East Kendall’s Greenery Mall and curves to the rear of Pinecrest’s Tattoos by Lou â?? for 32 years, it doesn’t seem like […]

Bistro Bisou

This budget-chic bistro in a dreary Kendall strip mall is the kind of restaurant that is the backbone of any serious dining town — a neighborhood place that pays upscale attention to food and service but charges only midscale prices. The menu here is mostly classic bistro; if you want stir-fried butterfly lips, you’ll have […]

Black Point Ocean Grill

Black Point Ocean Grill has an exquisite waterfront view thanks to its locale in the mangrove-lush paradise of Black Point Marina. But that’s only a fraction of its charm. At night, it’s packed with a gray-haired, fishing-theme-T-shirt-clad crowd that likes to get down to a live band playing on the restaurant’s open, wooden, tiki-motif deck. […]

Blue Martini

This place makes 42 specialty martinis using a variety of vodkas, infusions, fruits, sodas, and, of course, olives. It’s a sexy lounge that offers live entertainment and is open seven nights a week. Wine and champagne are available by the bottle or in “splits” (half-bottles from a limited menu). There are light snacks, flatbreads, and […]